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iTunes Festival: Apple’s Superfecta!

One of the best things happened this week – the first US iTunes Festival took place at SXSW in Austin, Texas! While I couldn’t be there and while it isn’t as great as the original, London-based iTunes which offers 30 … Continue reading

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Branding Strategy in a New Cultural Remix

March is not only the time to celebrate Women History Month, but also marks a major demographic milestone in California — Latinos are now the largest single racial group in the state, making up 39% of the state’s population (Lopez, … Continue reading

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Quicken Loans Masters the Shake ‘n’ Bake Move of this Year’s March Madness Tourney

While you may not have a shot at the billion dollar bracket, Quicken Loans is getting a steal  You have probably have heard a little something about March Madness. With Selection Sunday in full swing, the countdown to the tipoff … Continue reading

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Lego: Back to the Bricks

I can remember going to my friend Fred’s house as a child and spending countless hours organizing, assembling, reorganizing and re-assembling our Legos.  We would take breaks and watch TV, play on Fred’s Nintendo, or occasionally dip into the G.I. … Continue reading

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Multi-Channel Attribution: Does Social Sell?

Multi-channel attribution (MCA) is used to help marketers better understand what tactic, program or tool can be attributed towards a sale. With so many different online marketing avenues (Facebook, Twitter, banner ads, etc), marketers are faced with the challenge of … Continue reading

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Scream it: Outdoor Still Works

In recent months, I have become very aware of outdoor ads. They are everywhere and it is pretty easy to tune them out. In Los Angeles, there are so many of them, it takes a really clever one to catch … Continue reading

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From Pin… To Purchase

Full disclosure: I wasn’t looking forward to writing this blog, actually I dreaded it. But once I got over it and put on my “big girl panties” I decided to just  follow the example of the bloggers that I enjoy … Continue reading

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Why aren’t advertisers more forward-thinking?

For the most part, I watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. I do so because you’re always sure to see something that is cutting edge, controversial and emotional (and sometimes all of the above). This year was no exception … Continue reading

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Smooth move Samsung

I love the Oscars. I love Ellen DeGeneres. So I was in heaven Sunday night watching her host the Oscars on ABC. The glitz, the glamour, the tweeting! I couldn’t wait to log in to my Twitter account and help … Continue reading

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Modern marketing

I recently took The Modern Marketing© 10-question Quiz to assess what areas could use improvement at my work – a trade union of about 20,000 members. In terms of social media activity and media outreach, we scored fairly high; but … Continue reading

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